⁷ And when I went down on the earth, a voice came to my ears saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

⁹ And the voice of the Lord God came to the man, saying, Where are you?

²³ And he said, Why, what evil has he done? But they gave loud cries, saying, To the cross with him!

⁴⁵ Then will he make answer to them, saying, Truly I say to you, Because you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me.

⁹ For this reason, I will again put forward my cause against you, says the Lord, even against you and against your children's children.

⁵ These are the words of the Lord: What evil have your fathers seen in me that they have gone far from me, and, walking after what is false, have become false?

²² But you have made no prayer to me, O Jacob: and you have given no thought to me, O Israel.

²³ You have not made me burned offerings of sheep, or given me honour with your offerings of beasts; I did not make you servants to give me an offering, and I did not make you tired with requests for perfumes.

²⁴ You have not got me sweet-smelling plants with your money, or given me pleasure with the fat of your offerings: but you have made me a servant to your sins, and you have made me tired with your evil doings.

²⁵ I, even I, am he who takes away your sins; and I will no longer keep your evil doings in mind.

²⁶ Put me in mind of this; let us take up the cause between us: put forward your cause, so that you may be seen to be in the right.

¹⁰ Then the Lord came and said as before, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel made answer, Say on, Lord; for the ears of your servant are open.

⁴ And when the Lord saw him turning to one side to see, God said his name out of the tree, crying, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

¹¹ But the voice of the angel of the Lord came from heaven, saying, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

¹ Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

⁸ And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.

¹³ Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith;